• n. 小狗，幼犬

來自中古法語poupee,玩具，來自古法語popet,玩具，木偶，來自拉丁語pupa,小女孩，詞源同pupa,pupil.

puppy

puppy: [15] A puppy is etymologically a ‘toy’ dog. The word was borrowed from Old French popee ‘doll’, hence ‘toy’, which went back via Vulgar Latin *puppa (source of English puppet) to Latin pūpa ‘girl, doll’ (source of English pupa and pupil). The shift from ‘toy dog, lapdog’ to ‘young dog’ happened towards the end of the 16th century. (The Old and Middle English word for ‘puppy’, incidentally, was whelp.)
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puppy (n.)

late 15c., "woman's small pet dog," of uncertain origin but likely from Middle French poupée "doll, toy" (see puppet). Meaning shifted from "toy dog" to "young dog" (1590s), replacing Middle English whelp. In early use in English puppet and puppy were not always distinct from each other. Also used about that time in sense of "vain young man." Puppy-dog first attested 1590s (in Shakespeare, puppi-dogges). Puppy love is from 1823. Puppy fat is from 1937.

1. A puppy stepped in the fresh cement.

一只小狗踩在剛抹好的水泥面上。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Her face had already lost its puppy-fat.

她的臉已經不再肉嘟嘟的了。

來自柯林斯例句

3. One morning we came upon an abandoned undernourished puppy on the porch.

一天早上在走廊上我發現了一只營養不良、被人拋棄的小狗.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The puppy frisked its tail.

小狗高興地搖擺著它的尾巴.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. Their lively puppy frisks all over the house.

他們的小狗在屋里到處歡快地蹦跳.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》